So Why Didn't Musharrif Claim Executive Privilege When He Tried To Get Rid Of That Judge?

[Me.]

He's as good as a dictator, yet the court ruled against him, re-instated the judge and now our news is saying he's lost face and power and his days are numbered? What's wrong with this picture?

[babylonsister]

1. They're more democratic in Afghanistan than here?

:shrug: Good question; maybe Musharrif knew he'd never get away with that.

[Me.]

4. Lord Love Us

They had people demonstrating in the streets.

[Kagemusha]

2. Uh, when did the US supreme court rule for exec privilege for Bush here?

Every time since Nixon that the issue has gotten that far, the US supreme court turned the sitting president of the day down.

So why do you use as the basis of your argument that Musharraf DIDN'T claim executive privilege in suspending that judge? (Edit: As I see it, Musharraf did just that, and the court smacked him down.)

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Because Pakistan Isn't A Backwards Monarchy? n/t

[LSdemocrat]

5. It's sad for everyone that we now essentially identify Supreme Court judges as partisans

We are dangerously close to becoming completely untethered from the basic understandings that make the common law and our system of checks and balances work the way they should.